UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.,
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION,
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC.,
TRISTAR PICTURES, INC., COLUMBIA
PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., TIME
WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P.,
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. and
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM
CORPORATION,
Plaintiffs,
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SEAN REIMERDES, ERIC CORLEY a/k/a
"EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN" and ROMAN KAZAN,
Defendants.
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AFFIDAVIT OF
RICHARD J. MEISLIN
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
RICHARD J. MEISLIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. I am editor in chief of New York Times Digital, which
produces The New York Times on the Web (the "Web site").
2. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of an
article that first appeared on April 28, 2000, and continues to
be posted at
http://www.nvtimes.com/librar-v/tech/00/04/cyber/cyberlaw/
28law.html.
It is entitled "First Amendment Lawyer Takes on Movie Studios in
DVD Case" and is by Carl S. Kaplan.
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journalism.
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RICHARD J. MEISLIN
Sworn to before me this
10th day of May, 2000
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Notary Public